Fantasy Life Trademark Emerges in Europe

Fantasy Life, the adventure RPG collaboration between Level-5 and Brownie Brown (the Nintendo subsidiary now known as 1-UP Studio), has enjoyed a successful launch in Japan. It was practically a sellout in its first week at the end of 2012, and has gone on to accumulate nearly a quarter of a million sales in Level-5's homeland; not bad for a new IP.

Its success, combined with the involvement of 1-UP Studio and Level-5's solid reputation for localising its titles, has led many to speculate that it will indeed make it West. That's now looking a little more likely courtesy of a trademark filing in Europe, which was submitted on 12th March. While that doesn't mean it's a definite arrival or even due in the near future, in the context of Level-5's past activities it's certainly a positive sign. At the time of writing we couldn't find a similar trademark filing in North America, but Level-5 doesn't typically exclude such a sizable market.

For those that love the concept of a cute 3DS RPG that allows career choice and a lot of exploration, this is one to watch. You can check out the rather gorgeous extended trailer from last year's Tokyo Game Show below.

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I'm sooooooo pumped for this game I really hope it comes over this year, given the lateness with which we usually get the Rune Factory games I'm not even expecting RF4 'til next year. This game looks to be a Rune Factory killer

YES. After a bout of depressing news, this one is making me a little bit happy. I hope this means you EU folks get this one first, followed by us NA ones getting this a bit later. I just want FL localized, preferably by this holiday season.